The mayors of four Asian cities vowed recently to boost intercity collaboration and their international profile during a sideline event at the ongoing Summer Davos in Tianjin on Wednesday.

Liu Guiping, vice-mayor of Tianjin, said, "This year marks the 50th anniversary of sister city relations between Tianjin and Kobe in Japan, 30th anniversary of sister city relations between Tianjin and Incheon in South Korea and the 31st anniversary of that of Tianjin and Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia. We expect the sister city relations will benefit future multilateral relations."

Liu spoke at the 2023 China Tianjin Global Forum on Urban Governance and the seventh East Asia Portal City Policy Forum, noting that strengthened ties will boost regional industries and help foster quality development.

Yoo Jeong-bok, mayor of Incheon, expects Tianjin and Incheon will boost collaboration.

Kizo Hisamoto, mayor of Kobe, sent a video saying that Kobe wants to boost startup businesses, the new energy industry and ports with Tianjin.

Dolgorsuren Sumiyabazar, mayor of Ulaanbaatar, sent a video message saying he hopes Tianjin and Ulaanbaatar will become new models in sister cities.

To date, Tianjin has created 99 pairs of sister cities in 53 countries.